JACKSON, MS- When Red Cross volunteer Jennifer Gregg left Paducah, Kentucky for Mississippi she was going at it alone.
But soon, she became part of a duo- working side by side with fellow therapist Kristy Hardwick from Ohio.
"We worked so well together and now I feel like we survived something as well," Gregg said Monday.
As it turns out, the pair survived more than just 12 hour days.
Saturday was to be their last night in Jackson. After sleeping in shelters and helping dozens of families start over, the two were heading to dinner to celebrate.
"I actually thought my friend Kristy had dropped something and they were coming to help her and instead they put a gun on her," Gregg remembered.
The gun was later turned on her, "My thoughts were, 'He's going to shoot me. I'm going to die.' That's what I was thinking."
But the men simply took off in the car, taking their wallets and other valuables with them.
Gregg says the two men did not and cannot take everything, "It was a good experience and just because this happened at the end doesn't turn it bad for me. I would go volunteer again in a heart beat."
Gregg visited 6 cities over the course of 9 days. She estimates she worked with and counseled at least 50 people while she was down there.
Gregg, who returned late Sunday night will be back to work at Four Rivers and Mid-Continent, where she is an adjunct professor Tuesday.
Jackson, Mississippi Police are still looking for the two suspects and the rental car.
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